Be-murnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-murnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-murnan; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-murnan

p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn] To bemoan, bewail, mourn, to care for; lugere, curare, sollicitum esse de re :-- Hwæt bemurnest ðú why bemoanest thou? Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 26; Cri. 176. Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot, 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79. Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul, Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154. be-murnan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛗᚢᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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